Closed Bug 338057 Opened 18 years ago Closed 18 years ago

Nested Q elements should alternate quote styles

Categories

(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
CSS Parsing and Computation
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: braden, Unassigned)

Details

Nested Q elements should cause the quote style to be changed based on the nesting level, per locale conventions.
In English, this means double->single->double->single->etc.

In English, it means double -> single -> single -> single.

And the fact that we disagree about that (as do speakers of other languages) is part of the reason we're never going to do this for other languages.

Alternation is also incorrect per the CSS spec; we're following the spec.  If you think it's wrong, get the spec changed.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/generate.html#quotes-specify says:
# If the depth is greater than the number of pairs, the last pair is repeated.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Component: Layout: Fonts and Text → Style System (CSS)
I do think the CSS spec is wrong here, and I've posted to www-style about it:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2006May/0125.html
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